KIEV, Feb. 14 – The Interdepartmental Commission on International Trade on February 13 decided to suspend anti-dumping measures on imports to Ukraine of certain nitrogen fertilizers (carbamide and carbamide-ammonium mixture) produced in the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade has said in a statement.

KIEV, Feb. 13 – Ukraine on February 9 filed a requirement to the World Trade Organization (WTO) to set up an expert group within the framework of the case on numerous transit restrictions from the territory of Ukraine through Russian territory to third countries - Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan (DS512 Russia - measures for transit traffic), the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine has reported.

KIEV, Feb. 14 - The growth of Ukraine's gross domestic product in the fourth quarter of 2016 compared to the same period of 2015 accelerated to 4.7% compared to 2% in the third quarter, according to the State Statistics Service.

KIEV, Feb. 9 – The Ukrainian pharmaceutical market remains important and promising for Indian pharmaceutical companies, said Sudhansh Pant, head of the Indian delegation of the Ukrainian-Indian working group for healthcare and pharmaceutical market and Deputy Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers of India.

KIEV, Feb. 11 – Ukraine has state-of-the-art rocket technologies, and Poland shows a serious interest to cooperation in their joint gradual promotion to the EU market, Polish Space Agency (POLSA) President Marek Banaszkiewicz told Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, Feb. 11 – Experts at a meeting with President Petro Poroshenko have proposed that a technical government be formed as a way out of Ukraine's political crisis, with the government's powers clearly divided between the presidential administration and the government and a new law on parliamentary elections passed.

KIEV, Feb. 12 – Charges have been brought against employees of Ukraine's state arms exporter Ukrspecexport who were detained in Kazakhstan, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has reported.

KIEV, Feb. 13 – Shareholders in Donetsk Iron and Steel Works, part of the Donetskstal Group, at a general meeting scheduled for February 26, are to consider an issue of eurobonds via a special purpose vehicle (SPV) and the attraction of pre-export financing, reads a company report.

KIEV, Feb. 14 - Russian coal and steel group Mechel has extended the shutdown at its Donetsk Electrometallurgical Plant (DEMZ) in Ukraine until July 1.

"Mechel management has approved an extension of the idling of Donetsk Metallurgical Plant until July 1, 2013. We will contact Mechel's leadership concerning the reasons for the shutdown and how to get out of this situation," said Donetsk Mayor Oleksandr Lukianchenko.

KIEV, Feb. 14 – A new waste battery recycling plant of a large Ukrainian producer of accumulator batteries, Westa Corporation, - RekS (Lead Recuperation) with a production capacity of 40,000 tons (three million batteries) per year will start operating in May, said Oleksandr Vilkul, the head of Dnipropetrovsk regional administration.